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SolveIt comments on Rationality Quotes October 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: SolveIt 02 October 2014 09:21:33AM 4 points [-]

What does this mean?

Comment author: Lumifer 02 October 2014 03:51:33PM 5 points [-]

Reality is always more complex than what you know of it.

Comment author: devas 02 October 2014 10:48:21AM 4 points [-]

The map is smaller than the territory? I think?

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 04 October 2014 01:31:25PM 2 points [-]

I bet there are big maps of small territories somewhere.

Comment author: devas 05 October 2014 10:22:53AM 6 points [-]

Physically? Maybe. information-wise? I heavily doubt it.

If the map is bigger than the territory, why not go live in the map? :-/

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 08 October 2014 05:32:43PM 3 points [-]

Physically's easy enough, but even information-wise, I had a guide to programming the Z80 that wouldn't have fit in the addressable memory of a Z80, let alone the processor. Will that do? If not, we should probably agree definitions before debating.

Comment author: Strange7 18 October 2014 12:10:36AM 3 points [-]

Would it have fit into less space than the set of possible programs for the Z80?

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 23 October 2014 02:05:47PM -1 points [-]

That is a great point! I am grudgingly prepared to concede that sets are smaller than their power sets.

Comment author: khafra 03 October 2014 01:51:37PM 2 points [-]

Don't let a summary of reality distract you from reality, even if it's an accurate summary.

-- Steven Kaas